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José Bonifácio was born in Santos in São Paulo and studied geology in Coimbra (Portugal). After completing his studies...

* 13. Jun 1763, † 06. Apr 1838

Until around 1800 it was the spinning wheel and spindle that were used to process wool. The first spinning machine,...

1764

The Prater was originally an imperial hunting reserve in the game-rich wetland forests near Vienna. The name derives...

Location Vienna - Prater

1766

It was in Tyrol and Vorarlberg that the first house numbers in the Habsburg Monarchy were introduced in 1767. Within...

1767

Until the death of his mother, Maria I of Portugal (1734-1816), João VI was Prince Regent. In 1816, after her death,...

Emperor João VI

King of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

1816–1826

Andreas Hofer led the Tyrolean resistance against the Bavarian-French occupation in 1809. He was a confidant of...

Person Andreas Hofer

* 22. Nov 1767, † 20. Feb 1810

The premiere of the Marriage of Figaro on 1 May 1786 at the Court Theatre in Vienna was not a success – there...

Item The Marriage of Figaro

1768

Tobacco enemas were used to resuscitate victims of drowning right up into the eighteenth century. Tobacco had been...

Item Tobacco smoke enema device

1769

Napoleon was a supporter of the French Revolution. Under his command, the revolutionary armies advanced across Europe...

Person Napoleon Bonaparte

King of the French

A native of Bonn, Ludwig van Beethoven was an influential composer who transformed the Viennese classical tradition. In...

Person Ludwig van Beethoven

* 17. Dec 1770, † 26. Mar 1827

At the Congress of Vienna Prince Metternich saw himself as the ‘coachman of Europe’. In 1821he became chancellor and...

Foreign minister of Austria

The cause of the War of Bavarian Succession lay in the claims to Lower Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate made by...

1778

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